R2111 Understanding garden features, plant selection and planning

Subject Summary

• Garden surveys
  • Hazards & risks
  • Restrictions on work
  • Existing features
  • Overhead & underground services
  • Linear surveying techniques
• Site appraisals
• Planning principles
  • Accepted design principles
  • Meaning of design terms
• Garden styles
  • Formal vs Informal
  • Knot
  • Landscape
  • Cottage
• Hard landscaping elements
  • Natural materials: rock, wood, bamboo, reeds
  • Man-made materials: brick, concrete, glass-fibre, metal
  • Horizontal Elements:
  • Vertical Elements
  • Rock Gardens
  • Water Features
• Lawns:
  • Utility
  • Ornamental
  • Shade
• Soft landscaping elements (i.e. PLANTS inc. MERITS/HEIGHT/SPREAD/SITE REQUIREMENTS / USAGE)
  • Trees (under 10m): Evergreen (5), Deciduous (5)
  • Hedging/ Screening: Evergreen (5), Deciduous (5)
  • Shrubs: Evergreen (10), Deciduous (10)
  • Herbaceous Perennials (10)
  • Alpines / rock garden (10)
  • Biennials (Horticulture) (5)
  • Hardy Annuals (Horticulture) (10)
  • Summer Bedding - Half Hardy Annuals (10)
  • Patio or Basket (10)
  • Winter / Spring Bulbs (5)
  • Summer / Autumn Bulbs (5)
• Cohesive Design:
  • Hard landscaping elements
  • Soft landscaping element
  • Accessories
• Safe Design (NOT construction)
  • Access
  • Slope
  • Feature location
  • Water
  • Electric
  • Materials
  • Plants
• Sustainable Design
  • Choice of materials
  • Incorporating sustainable features
• Sustainable Construction